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I think I'm a very boring person (I've never had one).

The market value of a solution is not equal to the inputs/resources that it took to create the solution. I doubt they spent anywhere near their company's value creating it.

Good for him. That policy is BS.

Hopefully soon :)

> No fortune is honest or ethical. The concepts are incompatible.

How so?

Scenario: Assume that someone was born intelligent, and chose to sacrifice their time and money to become a surgeon, and then earned a lot of money. They chose to invest that money to generate more money.

It isn't unethical because they didn't break a law. It isn't dishonest because they worked for it.

What do you see that I don't see?

A nihilist's viewpoint. It's false if one person on the planet made a fortune honestly and ethically. A weak argument and unhelpful perspective.

Cool. Thanks!

I didn't know about the Wikipedia Current Events page. This is genius. Thank you.

"Real time collaboration systems such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Mattermost, Wire, Threema, WhatsApp and Signal are currently all closed proprietary systems - meaning they are walled gardens whereby all parties have to use the same vendor."

Signal is in this list. Isn't this false? The server and clients are here: https://github.com/signalapp

I'm guessing they have a successful track record, and are trustworthy.

I agree, it's ironic. I haven't had much luck with Thunderbolt, even on Windows. USB has never failed me.

I would title the article "A thunderbolt evening". I haven't had great experiences with Thunderbolt even on Windows. ^_^

I hope that we see a comeback.

Thanks!

Thank you for the detailed explanation!

It sounds like programming computers back then would have been a joy.

Casey Muratori's talks[0] on performance and optimization sparked an interest in me to start putting thought into what the CPU actually does (which wasn't taught when I learned web development). Since discovering his talks, I've been on the hunt for more learning materials.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3aKEmZcqY&list=PLEMXAbCVnm...

Do you have an example? (From a curious dev)

Mac only =/

I haven't had any issues with BTRFS yet (2yrs, arch). I've had to rollback to a previous snapshot once (a self-inflicted mistake during an update).

> Sure, you can tell them to go the GrapheneOS route, but I don't think you can trust the average user not to just go and install Google Maps/Google Photos/etc as soon as the alternative FOSS option inconveniences them

Isn't it fine to install Google Maps, etc, in a separate profile, inside GrapheneOS?

Why? Wouldn't it be a good thing if intelligent, level-headed, and moral people join the team and improve it?

Magpies: my least favorite animal.

They're obnoxious and aggressive.

>Get comfortable with being a rank amateur fuckup and revel in the process of learning instead of fabricating without a hitch

There's still a long road ahead for me to coming even close to mastering software engineering. Perhaps one day ^_^

There's a section describing how perceptrons work. :)

Interesting choice by them... I'm tired of politics.

"97% of the recalled vehicles had an update installed that addressed the issue"

Also, voluntary recalls should be celebrated.

Awesome!

Nice! Time to upgrade.

Cool!

I think so.

I switched careers (from business to software development) about 5 years ago. There was a lot on the line (wife, mortgage, etc), and so I gave it everything that I had.

I joined a start-up that was okay with taking as much as they could, and I hadn't yet developed the skill or mind-set to say no and draw clear boundaries between work and my personal life. I consistently worked evenings and weekends.

I then left that job for a 'promotion', which ended up being a worse company and an even worse team. I also gave them everything that I had to 'prove' myself in my new job, and carry the load, and then they ended up laying me off, just before covid.

I was off work for a few months 'recovering' (free-time without the enjoyment of it). I told myself that I would never give work everything that I had again, ever.

After landing a new job, I followed the promise that I made to myself, even when I was certain it looked 'bad' that I was leaving on time every day. However, after delivering on projects, my team and company grew respect for me and it never once became a discussion point. I spent the next couple of years enjoying the new free time, spending it with friends, family, and on hobbies, etc. I believe that my ability to deliver in the normal work window was a product of a good team, and good leadership (the lead engineers did a great job in how they built the architecture, so the developers can work and deploy mostly independently and autonomously - we're remote).

However, side projects still felt like work, so I converted my desktop from Windows to EndeavourOS (arch), and now, when I am enjoying leisure time on my computer and feel a spark of interest, it's quick and simple to open up vscode and start hacking away. Often, when I feel like 'playing a game', I actually just want to be creative, and it's allowed me to start programming projects that inspire me without thinking too much about it. I think this was a key move to re-inspire me to code on my own time. Another cool thing, is that at work you're typically locked into a certain set of tools (often older), so it's fun to pick up shiny new toys and tinker with them, with no deadline or formal requirements.